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(page last updated January 30, 2007)
The
Environmental Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina
- 9/11 Environmental Action extends its deepest sympathy to everyone who has
been harmed by Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath. We do so in the same spirit that
people all over America came to our support when a terrorist attack brought down the World
Trade Center four years ago.
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- We deplore the federal government’s failure to prepare for, and respond to, such a
fierce, but predictable storm. That failure has been particularly deadly in New Orleans,
where for years, the Bush administration has cut the funds needed to reinforce the levees.
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- For the last four years, we have watched with our hearts in our mouths as disaster has
brought death and destruction into the lives of friends, families and strangers to us at
home and around the world.
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- Here in New York, we have fought the Bush Administration’s denial that workers and
residents have been, and are being exposed to serious health hazards resulting from the
events of 9/11. We did all we could to prevent the further undermining of safety and
health regulations that are now guiding rescue efforts in New Orleans.
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- The federal government must immediately assume
responsibility to meet fully the needs of the survivors along the Gulf of Mexico
now, but also to implement precautionary, protective policies to ensure that they and
everyone who is involved in rescue, recovery and rebuilding are not exposed unnecessarily
to health and safety hazards while they rebuild their lives and their communities.
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- published by the New York Committee for
Occupational Safety and Health,
- can be downloaded from the NYCOSH website
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Gulf Coast Cleanup Workers Must Be
Protected from Serious Health Hazards
- Hundreds of
the Nation’s Leading Organizations and Experts Call on Congress for Immediate Action
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See the October 6, 2005 Letter
and Press
Release
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- Congressman Jerrold Nadler urges not to repeat the
mistakes the federal government made after 9/11 as recovery efforts get underway on the Gulf
Coast, letter
of September 21, 2005
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We are beginning to archive at least
some of the news articles on the
finally, this month, we
are resuming the project:
January,
2006 Katrina-related news stories
September,
October, Katrina-related news stories
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and to develop a list
of websites that will give you additional information:
- Louisiana Environmental Action Network (http://www.leanweb.org/)
The NewStandard Special Hurricane Katrina
Coverage (http://newstandardnews.net/content/?action=show_special_coverage&subject=katrina)
New Orleans Environmental Watch (http://neworleansenviro.blogspot.com)
CDC Emergency Preparedness and Response (http://www.bt.cdc.gov/disasters/hurricanes/
NIEHS Clearinghouse for Worker Health and
Safety Training (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/wetp/clear.htm)
US EPA Katrina Response (http://www.epa.gov/Katrina/)
New York Committee for Occupational Safety
and Health (NYCOSH) (www.nycosh.org/environment_wtc/natural_catastrophes_index.htm)